Special report | Race in America
America is becoming less racist but more divided by racism
How it confronts ethnic divisions matters to multiracial democracies everywhere
Editor’s note: Twelve months on from the killing of George Floyd, The Economist is publishing a series of articles, films, podcasts, data visualisations and guest contributions on the theme of race in America. We begin our coverage with the publication of a special report by our US editor.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “What it means to be an American”
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